The impact of multimedia educative curriculum materials (MECMs) on teachers’ beliefs about scientific argumentation

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanna Loper ◽  
Katherine L. McNeill ◽  
María González-Howard ◽  
Lisa M. Marco-Bujosa ◽  
Laura M. O’Dwyer
Keyword(s):  
Curriculum Materials ◽  
Scientific Argumentation ◽  
Teachers Beliefs ◽  
Educative Curriculum Materials ◽  
Educative Curriculum ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Failing Forward: Educative Curriculum Materials, an English Teaching App, and a Revolution

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-148
Author(s):  
Janine Julianna Darragh ◽  
Gina Mikel Petrie ◽  
Stan Pichinevskiy
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Delivery System ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Curriculum Materials ◽  
Dual Function ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
Educative Curriculum Materials ◽  
Educative Curriculum ◽  
Digital Delivery

Educative Curriculum Materials (ECMs) are teaching materials that have the dual function of providing learning activities to students and providing professional development to the teachers that use them. Answering a call for professional development opportunities, and with input from English teachers in rural Nicaraguan schools, the designers created a set of ECMs aligned with the Nicaraguan Ministry of Education Curriculum. When physically bringing the completed materials to educators in rural Nicaraguan schools became impossible, it was determined that the delivery system had to change. With support from a team of undergraduate computer science students, the ECMs were transferred to a digital delivery system, the new format allowing for even more English teaching and learning support. This paper shares how a revolution in Nicaragua and failed project ultimately led to the creation of the English teaching app Reaching for English.

Educative Curriculum Materials: Uptake, Impact, and Implications for Research and Design

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (6) ◽  
pp. 293-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth A. Davis ◽  
Annemarie Sullivan Palincsar ◽  
P. Sean Smith ◽  
Anna Maria Arias ◽  
Sylvie M. Kademian
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
Teacher Learning ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Curriculum Materials ◽  
Student Knowledge ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Educative Curriculum Materials ◽  
Educative Curriculum ◽  
Research And Design

The authors synthesize the findings of a research project to extend what is known about educative curriculum materials, or curriculum materials designed with the intent of supporting teacher learning as well as student learning. Drawing on a three-year program of research, including several close observational case studies and a large-scale quasi-experiment, the authors demonstrate how teachers use curriculum materials, what evidence there is of teachers’ uptake of ideas in educative curriculum materials, and what evidence there is of impact on teacher and/or student knowledge. These findings are situated in the literature, and the authors discuss how, taken together, the findings suggest design principles for educative curriculum materials. The authors close with implications for research.

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